Buckhorn Lake
Sauk County, Wisconsin30 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Wisconsin DNR for this lake.
- Limited data
Buckhorn Lake in Sauk County, Wisconsin has water-quality measurements published by Wisconsin DNR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 30 acres.
Buckhorn Lake is a 30-acre lake in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Wisconsin DNR Surface Water, last sampled 2025-04-07. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Buckhorn Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Buckhorn Lake
These are the measurements Wisconsin DNR publishes for Buckhorn Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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WI DNR Lake Profile
Authoritative data from the Wisconsin DNR LakePages. 1 station on file (most recent sample 2025).
Lake Details
Surface area
30 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Buckhorn Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Buckhorn Lake
Where is Buckhorn Lake?
- Buckhorn Lake is a lake in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Its water-quality measurements are published by Wisconsin DNR and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Buckhorn Lake?
- Buckhorn Lake in Sauk County, Wisconsin has water-quality measurements published by Wisconsin DNR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 30 acres.
Is Buckhorn Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
WIDNR_WQX1 sample · 2025
Analytical methods
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
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